dead no longer alive:
the bodies of three dead soldiers
Is her father dead?
lifeless literary dead or seeming to be dead:
their lifeless bodies
late [only before noun] formal dead – use this as a polite way of talking about someone who has died, especially recently:
Mrs Lombard’s late husband
a gold Cartier bracelet that once belonged to the late American artist Andy Warhol
deceased formal dead:
Her parents, now deceased, disapproved of her marriage.
her deceased husband
They were friends of the deceased (=the person who died).
departed [only before noun] dead – used in order to be polite and avoid saying the word ‘dead’:
They paid their respects to their departed uncle.
his dear departed wife
gone [not before noun] informal dead – used especially when someone was alive not long before:
‘Is she gone?’ ‘I’m afraid so.’
dead right/wrong
You’re dead wrong, so let me handle this.
dead straight/flat
The countryside around here is dead flat all the way to the sea.
dead quiet/calm/still
The room was dead quiet while we waited for Ted to reply.
dead drunk
He came home dead drunk in the middle of the night.
be dead (set) against something (=completely disapprove of or disagree with something)
I’d like to be an actress but Mum and Dad are dead set against it.
be dead set on something (=be determined to do something)
At the moment, Steve’s just dead set on winning the gold medal.
stop dead (in your tracks) (=suddenly stop moving completely)
She was so shocked that she stopped dead in her tracks.

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